Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Fun Begins at Buddy Gregg's Shop

The trip from Hendersonville to Knoxville over the mountains was uneventful (it's about time). We got there at 4:45pm and Scott, the Body Shop Manager, called my name and greeted me from across the fence line between when we had parked and where the body shop was. He had remembered me from work he had done for us when we first bought this coach here. I was glad to see a familiar face.

The service writer come over and looked at the situation after Peg sought him out. He made notes of the dama
ge and then went back to get us in the "cue" for the next day. We originally had thought about coming here tomorrow, Thursday, but we are glad we made the trip on Wednesday so we would be ready for the morning.

When Thursday morning rolled around, Scott and his crew were busy getting the damaged doors and panels off the coach and then using a plastic wrap, waterproofed the basement since it had been raining since we left Hendersonville. They have a company that makes the "skins" locally. Skins are the outer aluminum door coverings that you see painted on a motorhome. The frames for the doors need to be made and the water heater surround had to be ordered along with the door. Our representative from Progressive Insurance also called and wanted to tell us he would stop by at some point today.

Our friend Roy and dog Snert drove down from Virginia to spend the day with us. It was nice seeing both of them again. We had a lot of good conversation, went to lunch and finally Peg made dinner for us all before Roy and Snert headed home. It was a long day, but it was nice to visit with a good RVing friend.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Gosh, not a good way to start your trip out west!! Know how you feel as did something similar at Monaco in OR.

Look forward to seeing you out west this winter. Have you made plans yet where to park it for the winter?

Bob and Marlene Rea said...

My damage looked about the same as yours. I ran over a big boulder trying to find Amazing Creations to install our TV. We had just sold the house in WA, a friend had to truck our stuff from the house to where the coach was being repaired in OR. What a way to start our RVing life. Nice to see you blogging again. See you and Peg in about a month, looking forward to it.